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Show Tho "Tip" in Europe. Ono of the most noticeable differences is the constant presence of tho man with his hand out for a tip. When you leave the steamer fully ten people expect to be "remembered." Of these fully half consider con-sider $2 or Iesa an open insult, to bo resented re-sented by marked Mnsolenee of manner, and only a $5 bill can move them to thanks. 'At every hotel from eight to a dozen tip hunters shadow the departing guest, and he Is expected to go the rounds. Nor 19 this all. If you hire a carriage car-riage you aro expected to tip the driver. If you ask the street car conductor a question or request him to call your street you must give him a fee. When you take a boat ride you pay for your ticket and pay the man who takes it from you. If you Inquire j-our way of a passer by you dip your hand In your pocket as you do so. You tip the clerk In the store, tho man who delivers your goods, the postman, the policeman, nnd for aught I know to the contrary, the doctor, the lawyer and the preacher. I heard It said that "everyone In Europe will take a Up except the crowned heads," but I'm not at all prepared to admit the exception. Nor does the amount gained offer any atonement for the manhood sacrificed In the getting. The steamer stewards are more favored and more arrogant than the man beyond the seas. In Germany you may: give your street car conductor a small coin worth 1 cents: in France 1 cent will be accepted, and the haughty Britisher only stands out for "tuppence." "tup-pence." Of course the tips run from these trifles up, and sometimes high up and "that'n the way tho money goes." American Federationlst. |